-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- At 11:37 PM 1/12/96 -0700, you wrote: [stuff from Phil Zimmermann deleted for space.] [other stuff by Dubois, Zimmermann's lawyer, deleted for space.]
There are forces at work that will, if unresisted, take from us our liberties. There always will be. But at least in the United States, our rights are not so much stolen from us as they are simply lost by us. The price of freedom is not only vigilance but also participation. Those folks I mention in this message have participated and no doubt will continue. My thanks, and the thanks of Philip Zimmermann, to each of you.
Dear Mr. Dubois, Thank you for your efforts on the behalf of Phil Zimmermann. You are to be praised. However, you should recognize that at best, all you have done is to reduce the harm done to him (or would otherwise have been done to him), which admittedly is a good and right thing for you to have done. However, I refer you to the 1964 movie, "Dr. Strangelove," whose title character stated that "deterrence is the art of making the enemy FEAR to attack." In my opinion, we (the ordinary members of the public) cannot consider ourselves to have won this encounter until the REAL enemy here, the government employees who targeted Zimmermann, FEAR to attack ("legally" or otherwise) people like Zimmermann. Ask Mr. Zimmerman about my essay, or I'd be happy to email it to you. Sadly, he did not appreciate its simplicity and potential effectiveness, and maybe you won't either, but someday it may protect your freedom in ways you can't currently even imagine. Jim Bell -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBMPg1cvqHVDBboB2dAQGv7wP+JTKihlMH0zeDGq1bsWK04nTe6zAkpemL 1jMbl7/6J8MSbPQPVgL7fzP3TfQHRmIwAhAZzd7cf440jAgQ4MvQxsDqMkrESky6 jTL+h3j79Lnt8WMd63cCWa2mn++2etMy4XRCkiK59ft187qGGpwitsHIzF8tKsQL mm2K084tpO0= =PY58 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----